She's able here, too, to draw the same sort of

她同样有能力在小说中进行精确的描绘
precise portraits that she relied upon in her nonfiction,

发挥她写新闻报道的优势
that results in a novel that is positively, undeniably seductive.

写成这部绝对不可否认的极富魅力的小说
The plot revolves around a sort of marginal actress,

情节围绕一位社会边缘的女演员展开
Maria Wyeth, who is divorced from her director husband and who drifts

名叫玛丽亚·韦思和导演丈夫离婚后
aimlessly through the Hollywood party scene of the late 1960s

漫无目的地游荡在20世纪60年代的好莱坞
waiting for something to touch her, impact her

等待某种力量来触动她影响她
emotionally and morally.

从情感上和道德上
She's both damaged and, as a result, utterly unreachable.

她受了伤害不可挽救
Tragedies--and there are many, major and minor, that sort of float blithely by--

大大小小的悲剧都乐于光顾她
slip off her or appear to.

或者看似是如此
It is a novel very much about a woman who accepts everything,

小说讲述了一个逆来顺受的女人